You should read the novel The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya.
Here’s why:
- You’re a creative — this book explores very common (I think!!) but little-discussed feelings of creative competitiveness and insecurity, particularly between friends
- You care about social media and mental health — this book is about social media’s capriciousness and destructiveness
- You think women are neat — this book is about female friendship
- You care about musicians’ wellness — this book contrasts the realities of semi-celebrities who have proximity to fame and glamour despite also having day jobs and roommates
- You’re trans — the author and one of the protagonists are trans women (though the novel isn’t really about that)
- You’re a Twitter veteran — This book was written during and about the pre-Elon period and it’s worth remembering what the hell it was that we survived
